Barking parkrun – latest news

Oh what a beautiful morning, oh what a beautiful day i have a wonderful feeling oh wait hang on this is the run report not the Barking sing along. The earlier rain had subsided and although we had a lot of surface water and tree debris we were a able to proceed without any issues.We seem to have had an unknown runner crossing the line twice, so if you finished towards the rear of the field you may find that your finishing position does not match with the token you were given although we are confident that the times are correct. This week was particularly special because of the number of volunteers that stepped forward enable us to provide you with plenty of support on the course. Perhaps you could let us know next week where you got the loudest cheer was it Aftab and family by the tennis courts, Jason and family by the allotments or perhaps Annette by the main road gate ? Don't let this influence your vote but yesterday was Annette Prior's 25th volunteering appearance at parkrun thank you. For those who maybe were not aware if you volunteer 25 times you get a free tee shirt just like the milestone running shirts (purple).

Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the Barking parkrun Results Page.

The female record is held by Lydia HALLAM who recorded a time of 17:42 on 12th August 2017 (event number 267).
The male record is held by Paul MARTELLETTI who recorded a time of 14:52 on 25th December 2017 (event number 287).
The Age Grade course record is held by Paul MARTELLETTI who recorded 90.47% (14:52) on 25th December 2017 (event number 287).

Barking parkrun started on 28th July 2012. Since then 3,065 participants have completed 24,767 parkruns covering a total distance of 123,835 km, including 3,982 new Personal Bests.

Well it felt like winter had arrived at Barking, but at least it remained dry for our wonderful volunteers who i think were caught out by the recent mild weather as there was an absence of hats and gloves and a few blue hands. Perhaps the colder weather spurred you on as we saw an impressive 15 new personal best times, too many to mention individually but very well done to all concerned.
We were pleased to welcome 11 first timers including 2 parkrun debuts, so welcome to parkrun Owen and Robert, and welcome to Barking parkrun, Lloyd, Olasoji, James, Andy, Jason, Emma, Neil, Andrea & Grace.
2 milestones to note Steve Chissell 50 and Sarah Pepper 50, as we have said before we do not receive prior notification of milestones(although we try to keep an eye out) so do let us know on the day if you want a shout out in the briefing.

Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the Barking parkrun Results Page.

The female record is held by Lydia HALLAM who recorded a time of 17:42 on 12th August 2017 (event number 267).
The male record is held by Paul MARTELLETTI who recorded a time of 14:52 on 25th December 2017 (event number 287).
The Age Grade course record is held by Paul MARTELLETTI who recorded 90.47% (14:52) on 25th December 2017 (event number 287).

Barking parkrun started on 28th July 2012. Since then 3,039 participants have completed 24,538 parkruns covering a total distance of 122,690 km, including 3,945 new Personal Bests.

You'll be pleased to know that we will be having the now traditional parkrun at Barking Park on Christmas morning. We will be starting at the normal time of 9.00am, so you can get home in time for the turkey (or vegetarian alternative) and mince pies. I'm sure we will also have a few nibbles at parkrun too, if you can't wait until lunchtime.

It's usually our biggest and best parkrun of the year, so do try and come along. Silly Christmas outfits optional.

Hey mister tambourine man, play a song for me i'm not sleepy and there ain't no place i'm going to,except Barking park Hey mister tambourine man, play a song for me in the jingle jangle morning i'll come followin' you, except as you are volunteering we will just have to beat you.Special thanks to our parkrun regular Wayne Latibeaudiere, for a fantastic faultless performance as one of your timekeepers whilst accompanying the finishers home with music and a bang of the tambourine. Proof if proof were needed volunteering can be great fun but don't worry we don't expect this from every volunteer Wayne is a hard act to follow.

Anyway on a glorious autumn morning 101 completed parkrun including 9 first timers, so welcome to Barking Andy, Li jun, You wang, and Robin. Welcome to Barking and to parkrun, Khurshid, Rubina, Neeru, Abimbola and Harjit. We hope you all enjoyed the run and look forward to seeing you again very soon. At the other end of the spectrum congratulations to Lee Parker on your 200th run. We were lucky to have double figures finishers of runners who have completed over 200 parkruns thanks to a few tourists.

Barking parkrun
Event number 324
15th September 2018
This week 101 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 9 were first timers and 10 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 9 different clubs took part.

Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the Barking parkrun Results Page.

The female record is held by Lydia HALLAM who recorded a time of 17:42 on 12th August 2017 (event number 267).
The male record is held by Paul MARTELLETTI who recorded a time of 14:52 on 25th December 2017 (event number 287).
The Age Grade course record is held by Paul MARTELLETTI who recorded 90.47% (14:52) on 25th December 2017 (event number 287).

Barking parkrun started on 28th July 2012. Since then 2,958 participants have completed 23,892 parkruns covering a total distance of 119,460 km, including 3,856 new Personal Bests.

Parkrun tourist Bob Turner was wearing his Little Stoke parkrun t-shirt. Some of you may remember that Little Stoke was the parkrun near Bristol that had to close down a couple of years ago because the local council wanted to start charging for the use of the park. As parkrun is committed to providing free timed runs, forever, there was no money to pay for the park use so that was the end of Little Stoke parkrun. Bob and his fellow parkrunners are still hopeful that the council may have a change of heart – fingers crossed for them.

This week congratulations went to Victor Hutchins and Sue Parkinson who both celebrated their 100th parkruns, and to Alice Bridge who celebrated her 13th birthday by running her 35th parkrun.

The top two age gradings were Ellen Harrison with 79.44% and Carl Marston with 76.19%.
Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the Barking parkrun Results Page.

The female record is held by Lydia HALLAM who recorded a time of 17:42 on 12th August 2017 (event number 267).
The male record is held by Paul MARTELLETTI who recorded a time of 14:52 on 25th December 2017 (event number 287).
The Age Grade course record is held by Paul MARTELLETTI who recorded 90.47% (14:52) on 25th December 2017 (event number 287).

Barking parkrun started on 28th July 2012. Since then 2,949 participants have completed 23,791 parkruns covering a total distance of 118,955 km, including 3,846 new Personal Bests.